Observe the following:      X                X             …

Observe the following:      X                X                X     X                X                X     X                X                X Most people tend to perceive the stimuli above as being three vertical sets. The perceptual principle that most accounts for this perception is the principle of _______________.

While driving along a crowded interstate, you have seen hund…

While driving along a crowded interstate, you have seen hundreds of cars but have not focused attention on any of them. Moments later, you see the Oscar-Meyer Wienermobile (a vehicle in the shape of a giant wiener). You think, ‘wow, that’s weird.’ Based on the Theory of Selective Attention, your attention was drawn to this particular vehicle primarily because of the ___________ of the stimulus.